NeoAkela
Active member
05/08/2009
Trail Conditions: Nice, clear, and snow free up to first crossing of Nancy Brook at about 1.6 miles. Nancy Brook is extremely fast and deep - took me a good 15 minutes before I found a place that I was able to cross (with a bit of trepidation). Trail beyond has a few blowdowns easily hurdled. Snow was evident on the sides of the trail, but none to speak of in the path itself. Second brook crossing (just below the falls) is just as bad - took a bushwhack up the brook before finding a way across, which included scaling the side of a boulder, hanging from a tree limb. Cascades were a roaring torrent - did not even attempt going further at this point.
Special Equipment Required: Barebooted all the way. Hiking poles or a long staff would help on the water crossings. Raincoat would be helpful at the base of the cascades!
Comments: I had a bit of time in the afternoon to spare, so I hit the trail at 5 PM and was back to the car by 7:30. It is unfortunate that when this cascade is at it's most amazing, the trip to get there is the most difficult. I really should not have done the crossings (especially solo), but I am a bit obstinate and wasn't going to give up that easily. Cascades were thundering like a subway in a tunnel, and photos were impossible from any close distance since the spray was everywhere.
On a side note - on the trip back, a quick hike up the rocks to the base of Silver Cascades is well worth the trip in the spring runoff!
-NeoAkela
Trail Conditions: Nice, clear, and snow free up to first crossing of Nancy Brook at about 1.6 miles. Nancy Brook is extremely fast and deep - took me a good 15 minutes before I found a place that I was able to cross (with a bit of trepidation). Trail beyond has a few blowdowns easily hurdled. Snow was evident on the sides of the trail, but none to speak of in the path itself. Second brook crossing (just below the falls) is just as bad - took a bushwhack up the brook before finding a way across, which included scaling the side of a boulder, hanging from a tree limb. Cascades were a roaring torrent - did not even attempt going further at this point.
Special Equipment Required: Barebooted all the way. Hiking poles or a long staff would help on the water crossings. Raincoat would be helpful at the base of the cascades!
Comments: I had a bit of time in the afternoon to spare, so I hit the trail at 5 PM and was back to the car by 7:30. It is unfortunate that when this cascade is at it's most amazing, the trip to get there is the most difficult. I really should not have done the crossings (especially solo), but I am a bit obstinate and wasn't going to give up that easily. Cascades were thundering like a subway in a tunnel, and photos were impossible from any close distance since the spray was everywhere.
On a side note - on the trip back, a quick hike up the rocks to the base of Silver Cascades is well worth the trip in the spring runoff!
-NeoAkela
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